WIP in WIP, post your level screenshots!

The concept is rather original as opposed to the artsy-drawing-photoshop backgrounds. I personally though would suggest the billboard be a model.

i like what you did tomato =) keep up the good work

@ Thrik:

yeah, its normally placed there, but i agree with you. ill look for possibilities to change the coordinates somehow. also: i run at 1280 x 1024. widescreen is not supported by my monitor

@ Curman:

Thanks, i might make it a model since the geometry is pretty easy. i also might add detail to the brushes but since its so ''up your nose'' in the main menu i agree it could suffer a little bit more detail.

@ freak:

thanks i will.

The billboard should be a more central piece of the scene, but ofcourse with an offset to the right of the screen away from the menus. It could work at a flat frontal angle. However it would also look a lot better at more of an angle, while the billboard content would be clear to the player. In the distance would then need a more interesting scenery, and possible some contrast. The scene is set at night, so a bright contrasting moon in the sky, top left would look nice - then tree lines and cliffs underneath that. Get rid of that one tree at the back that "stands above" the others. I'm thinking something along the lines of this;

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cool, im definitly going to try this out .

Haven't posted in a while. I've been working more on MP gameplay ideas than textures, but my late texture thing for Doom 3/Quake 4 was moss (abandoned look). So here are several shots from my MP level:

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Here's what it was before.

http://www.methodonline.com/temp/yan_test.htm

Would like to hear if you guys like clean (heh, well sorta clean) or abandoned/mossy look.

-Method

Mossy looks more inviting, go with it.

That moss definately ehances the look and adds to the atmosphere. The original screens lacked something and it seems like you found a good way to fix this issue.

Moss FTW! Looks awesome

Fucking ACE! Add a few more details here and there, so it looks a bit more alive, and it will rock

Hey Method, the moss is a huge improvement over what I saw last when you still had the red vine-looking leaves. Between the darker moss texture, the moss overlays on the regular textures, and details like the drooping moss through the middle of that area (best visible in the second shot) you've grounded it into a really cohesive overgrown-looking scene.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I realized that it's very hard to look at those shots with bright MapCore background, so take a look at the shots with solid black background:

http://www.methodonline.com/temp/moss.htm

At first I created 3 decals, but decided to simply create different diffuse maps (moss variation) for majority of the textures, which created a more solid look and better performance.

-Method

The screenshots that have the moss included really remind me of STALKER, than it does without. That's rather a good thing though since I'm rather fond of the level design in STALKER at the moment.

Quakis: Heh, funny you mention it. Spanish moss on the cables was inspired by the concept for Stalker's expansion Clear Sky:

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http://static2.filefront.com/images/aausujvfwa.jpg

-Method

That looks really fantastic Method!The first shot in particular has so much atmosphere!

i hope this is an improvement:

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im probably going to chage the grass texture with something more dirty, like this:

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cool, looks better now, will the board be labeled? if yes rotate it a little bit mor to the left

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cool, looks better now, will the board be labeled? if yes rotate it a little bit mor to the left

Yeah, it needs more of a focused angle. Bring the left towards the camera a little more. It's deffinitely better though. The only other quirk I have is the overall lighting of the scene, lacks a bit of mood. I guess it needs a bit more light contrast, try adding in street lamps (not the upside down J ones) along to the left of the path, I think 3 would be plentiful - not sure, worth a try I guess or some tweaks on the overall lighting.

yeah. thanks for the CC. ill look how i can enhance the lighting, it looks indeed a bit dull, and the board will be labeled so ill turn that back a few degrees.

KT, I'd put some threes and/or bushes on that higher terrain back there, and some sprites (like grass) on the ground under the signal, fallen leaves, etc. maybe even some broken branches (as geometry of course), it looks to plain, It's a menu scene, so don't be afraid to be a detail whore on this one!